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Maine and Northern Mass next Summer? Mulf at 5:55pm 12.17.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2972 Our youngest son has settled in Manchester by the Sea Massachusetts. Manchester has a georgeous litt
Winterizing steps knotcarin at 5:27pm 12.17.12 Big Boats 11/2889 I have a Yanmar 3jh2e and winterized it after reading the manual, talking to others at the dock, and
ice box conversion MORNING LIGHT at 5:17pm 12.17.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/6100 Hi, I was wondering if i could turn my ice box into a real fridge. I saw that you can buy a conversi
Odd size tubing (4) marchem at 2:38pm 12.17.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/28395 New (to us) 1982 Catalina 27. Waste tank appears to be original Ronco B117. Tank outlet is 1-1/2" me
Squall in Beaulieu Roger Long at 1:48pm 12.17.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2450 I made a rather short 13 mile run around to this creek just off the Vernon River to await scattered
Rig Failure 1991 Hunter Passage 42 Tropicalmark at 1:35pm 12.17.12 Big Boats 8/4227 I was looking to see if anyone has had a rig failure on this type of boat as I experienced one on mi
Throttle Replacement Jon4399 at 1:16pm 12.17.12 Big Boats 6/1759 I've been trying to replace the throttle and shift cables on my 37.5 Legend. It has an Edson pedest
Seeking running rigging recommendations Brian S at 12:41pm 12.17.12 Day Sailers 10/3075 Guys, let me first start off by saying I've got a pretty bad case of top-of-the-line-itis. You know,
offshore sailing rigalio at 12:30pm 12.17.12 Ask An Oday Owner 13/2391 I have an o'day 30 and I want to sail it from halifax to bermuda an then to the carabeian I would be
Looking for fiberglass repair service in NJ or NY Brian5067 at 11:53am 12.17.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/817 My Hunter 460 was badly damage in the Storm. I am looking for good fiberglass repair service who kn
Manual Bilge Pump in H33.5? Ken Palmer at 11:41am 12.17.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/2593 I was asked recently if my 1990 Hunter 33.5 had a manual bilge pump in the cockpit. Of course it has
Rearrange Instrument locations on Pedestal (1) Ron M at 10:06am 12.17.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/3217 I have a B331. Just bought a Raymarine e7 chartplotter. My initial idea was to repair the existing
Starboard fixed Lexan leaking Old Sailor 2 at 9:59am 12.17.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2121 Good day folks. another technical question for you DIY'ers. I have a Hunter 42 Passage with those
ODay 302 billyt14607 at 9:21am 12.17.12 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1683 Seriously considering the purchase of an 1987 ODay 302. Have been a sailboater for some time and wo
Legend 375 Holding Tank replacement Phil P at 7:01am 12.17.12 Big Boats 24/5285 Winter projects on my '91 are well underway. Completed replacing engine mounts, impeller, the rotted
Paint Removal nelsonragnar at 5:02am 12.17.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/986 I have a 1074 22' O Day that I recently acquired.It has two coats of old paint on it that I want to
The Accidental Tourist Roger Long at 4:19am 12.17.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/3322 I had no intention of visiting Hilton Head, it being very much the antithesis of the kind of places
33' Pearson to Cruise Gulf of mexico (1) sailwithme at 3:09am 12.17.12 Destinations 5/5529 Float plan: Seas are 3-4 ft off shore with North wind 10-15. Plan to sail around the clock for a we
Make That 14 C-22's! CaptDon01 at 11:01pm 12.16.12 Catalina 22 9/1504 WOW! A couple more have joined our growing numbers, we've got 14 C-22's now signed up to attend the
in boom furling eianm at 8:03pm 12.16.12 Big Boats 7/2166 I have a 1991 H42 and would love an easier way to furl or stow the main and it seems that in boom fu

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Escape Rumba - Mast Replacement Gnomeastay at 7:52am 04.10.23 Here pics of the one I had l have mine Hey - Thanks for the tip! I think the one I have is sli
Posting Guidelines TomY at 7:47am 04.10.23 Tom, do you have a favorite app for editing? or a top 3 apps? I'm just starting, Walt, so not yet
New Running Rigging for a C310 (3) JRT at 7:42am 04.10.23 Some pictures in action
New Running Rigging for a C310 JRT at 7:34am 04.10.23 I like SBO estimates being too long is fine and I've order several lines from them. You can also fi
F'ing mice dmax at 7:18am 04.10.23 Irish Spring soap can also be used to keep the mice away. Sorry to hear, a mouse got my inflatable o
F'ing mice JBP-PA at 7:02am 04.10.23 I can imagine your disappointment. I stored sails in my barn once and learned that lesson. On the b
Removing Dyneema Core Project_Mayhem at 7:02am 04.10.23 Yup, I read it wrong. You will have to match the core size, which is slightly larger than 1/8-inch.
Alternator temperatures MikeHoncho at 6:51am 04.10.23 Surface temps of the surface they are reflecting off of only. A further example is they do not regis
Spreader blocks location fred1diver at 6:49am 04.10.23 Thank you
F'ing mice Crazy Dave Condon at 6:43am 04.10.23 I bet it could be mice or squirrels. Before covering the mainsail again, add a few mothballs. It
F'ing mice chriscampbell at 6:42am 04.10.23 Where did you store the sail? We left it on the boom. When we put her away for the season I looked
F'ing mice Don S/V ILLusion at 6:38am 04.10.23 Where did you store the sail?
Centerboard/Swing Keel Removal - Hunter 240 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:37am 04.10.23 @TreeRog there is now under documentation on the hunter 240 boat information a detailed explanatio
Posting Guidelines Ward H at 5:57am 04.10.23 I've been trying out Video Editor apps for pre-editing on the phone right on the boat. Amazing tool
Spreader blocks location garymalmgren at 5:52am 04.10.23 Any set rule on how far from the mast to install them? Starboard spreader. halfway between mast an
Bottom paint. What have I gotten myself into? glanrock at 5:27am 04.10.23 I'm curious what you did about the cracks you found. Did you paint over them with epoxy primer? Did
Posting Guidelines TomY at 5:19am 04.10.23 Timely thread. I'm immersed in a self-imposed Youtube -'Shoot video on DSLR and Iphone'- crash cours
Removing Dyneema Core thinwater at 4:38am 04.10.23 The Warpspeed line has a Dyneema core so I figured that would be a Dyneema to Dyneema splice unless
Furlex 100s Bearing Tube Problem (3) KursadT at 4:29am 04.10.23
Alternator temperatures danooxnard at 4:25am 04.10.23 The FLIR and infrared heat guns only see the surface temperature. They do not seen inside things or

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